Schmidbauer v. Baltimore & Pittsburgh Motor Express Co.

This is an appeal by William T. Schmidbauer and his employer’s workmen’s compensation insurer, plaintiffs below, from a judgment entered in the Baltimore City Court in favor of the appellee, Baltimore and Pittsburgh Motor Express Co. (Company or appellee), one of the defendants below, after the court granted appellee’s motion for a directed verdict in its favor.

The principal question involved is a claim by the appellants that the trial court erred in refusing to‘ submit to the jury the issue of appellee’s responsibility as a common carrier franchised and duly certificated by the Interstate…